Chapter 3: Scheming and Spoiled Stepsister VS Cold Childhood Sweetheart Brother

The next morning, Jiang Zhiyi was woken up by her alarm clock.

I felt sore all over, but the culprit had long since disappeared.

Today is a workday, and she still has to go to work. She's already been late many times this month. If she gets fired, how will she continue with the storyline?

Jiang Zhiyi's mind cleared instantly, and she sprang out of bed in a flash.

"Miss, Mr. Fu left early this morning, saying he was going to City B on a business trip for a few days. Breakfast is on the table, please come and eat," the nanny said to Jiang Zhiyi, who had just come downstairs.

"It's too late, I have to go."

Jiang Zhiyi grabbed a sandwich; the driver was already waiting outside. She hurried to the company.

"Zhizhi! You weren't late this time, there's only one minute left, you really know how to time it perfectly." Xu Qingran teased Jiang Zhiyi with a mischievous grin.

"You'd love for me to be late, wouldn't you, Xu Qingran, you bastard!" Jiang Zhiyi retorted.

Xu Qingran is one of Jiang Zhiyi's few close friends. The two are kindred spirits, both being spoiled little girls who are always bickering and never quiet down.

The Xu family and the Fu family also have a lot of cooperation and dealings, so the two families have a pretty good relationship.

Xu Qingran was always aware of her relationship with Fu Xunzhou; Jiang Zhiyi never kept it from her. In the original novel, Xu Qingran also helped the female supporting character do many bad things.

From this perspective alone, Xu Qingran is a very competent best friend, supporting Jiang Zhiyi almost unconditionally and treating her exceptionally well.

However, Xu Qingran's ending was not good.

Because of the female supporting character, the Xu family also suffered a lot. In the end, in order to save the family business, Xu Qingran was forced to marry a decrepit old man.

Despite his own predicament, Xu Qingran did not forget Jiang Zhiyi and secretly visited her several times. However, by then, Jiang Zhiyi had completely given up on herself and was indifferent to all of Xu Qingran's actions. After Jiang Zhiyi's death, Xu Qingran was so heartbroken that he burst into tears.

"Qingran, how can you be so kind!" Jiang Zhiyi exclaimed sincerely.

Seeing Jiang Zhiyi's attitude suddenly change 180 degrees, Xu Qingran cursed, "Stop acting crazy. My dear lady, let's go to the meeting."

Xu Qingran glanced around and complained under her breath, "I heard this is a big project assigned to us by headquarters, directly connecting us with important clients. I don't know what kind of trick they're playing. Such an important project was assigned to a branch office, and they even called on us interns."

Actually, this rare opportunity was specially arranged for Jiang Zhiyi by Fu Xunzhou, but she did not perform well. Instead, she deliberately threw a tantrum at him because of some things, and the two had a very unpleasant argument.

"According to the instructions from the head office, the leadership hopes that we can be more innovative and inject more fresh blood into the team. So if this project is good enough, we will also use the new people's solutions."

Manager Wang, who was chairing the meeting, addressed the group.

"If anyone has any good ideas, please feel free to share them. We will all be a strong supporter of this project."

"In addition, once this project is completed, interns who have performed well during the project can end their probation period early and be directly hired as full-time employees."

Hearing this, many people secretly encouraged themselves, hoping to get the qualification for early recruitment in this project.

"Zhizhi, what should we do? It sounds like it's going to be difficult. Forget about getting hired early, I feel like neither of us will make it through the internship period. Wouldn't that be a waste of our time?" Xu Qingran asked with a worried expression.

Then she added, "Why don't you just go to Fu Xunzhou's company and become his personal assistant? The story of the cold CEO and the beautiful secretary over the years is the fastest and most convenient way to do that."

“Now that you’ve come to this branch office as an intern, when will you ever get to meet him? Your roundabout tactics are too roundabout.”

"No way! I want to rely on my own efforts to show Fu Xunzhou how good I am! You know him, if I mess things up and it affects my official work, I'll definitely get a scolding."

In the original text, Fu Xunzhou always kept public and private matters separate, and was a man who showed no mercy when it came to official business.

Work is work, and feelings are feelings; he will not tolerate any of it, no matter who it is.

"Poor working people, they have to work no matter where they go!" Jiang Zhiyi complained.

[Master, don't slack off. Once you complete the story missions, you'll earn a lot of wages. If you perform well, Tuantuan can help you apply for a mystery prize!]

Tuantuan tempted her with rewards.

"Fight!" Jiang Zhiyi relented.

It's almost time to leave work, but the planning department still has a lot of work to do today, so overtime is inevitable. Xu Qingran was assigned to deliver documents to headquarters, and she could leave work immediately after that.

She was originally going alone, but she believed in sharing both good times and bad. In order to save her best friend from suffering, she made up an excuse to ask Jiang Zhiyi to come along as well.

Xu Qingran got the job by using her family's connections during the initial interview.

Since she was brought in by higher-ups, she must have some connections. So, Supervisor Li didn't say anything and simply agreed to her request.

Fu's headquarters.

Xu Qingran went upstairs to deliver documents, while Jiang Zhiyi wandered around downstairs alone. She saw the man who was supposed to be on a business trip in City B appear in the lobby downstairs at the head office.

It seemed to be a discussion added on the spur of the moment, and Fu Xunzhou was surrounded by a group of people.

Since it was almost time to get off work, there were still quite a few people watching the commotion.

Jiang Zhiyi silently retreated to the corner, picked up her phone, and dialed Fu Xunzhou's number.

The phone rang, and everyone immediately fell silent.

Fu Xunzhou picked up his phone, glanced at it, and immediately answered: "Zhizhi?"

Hearing his voice, Jiang Zhiyi said coquettishly, "Brother Xunzhou, I missed you."